JVC MX-GA8 manual Listening to the Radio, Tuning in to a Station-Auto Search, Presetting Stations

Listening to the Radio

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Tuning in to a Station—Auto Search

1 Press FM/AM.

The unit automatically turns on and tunes in to the previously tuned station (either FM or AM).

•Each time you press the button, the band alternates between FM and AM.

2 Start searching for stations.

On the unit: TUNING TUNING

Press and hold TUNING + or

TUNING – for more than 1 second.

On the remote control: Press and hold 4/1 or ¢/¡for more than 1 second.

The unit starts searching for stations and stops when a station of sufficient signal strength is tuned in to.

If a program is broadcast in stereo, the ST (stereo) indicator lights up.

To stop during searching, press TUNING + or TUNING – (or 4/1or ¢/¡on the remote control).

When you press TUNING + or TUNING –

(or 4/1or ¢/¡on the remote control) briefly and repeatedly

The frequency changes step by step.

On the unit ONLY:

1 Tune in to the station you want to preset (in this example, of FM 87.50).

• See “Tuning in to a Station—Auto Search.”

2 Press SET. SET

3 Turn the PRESET +/– control

to select a preset number. PRESET

4 Press SET again.
	SET

The tuned station in step 1 is stored in the preset number selected in step 3.

•Storing a new station on a used number erases the previously stored one.

When you unplug the AC power cord or if a power failure occurs

The preset stations will be erased in a few days. If this happens, preset the stations again.

To change the FM reception mode

When an FM stereo broadcast is hard to receive or noisy, press FM MODE on the remote control MP3 so that “MONO” appears and the MONO

indicator also lights up on the display. Reception improves.

To restore the stereo effect, press FM MODE again so that “STEREO” appears on the display.

In this stereo mode, you can hear stereo sounds when a program is broadcast in stereo.

Tuning in to a Preset Station

1 Press FM/AM.

The unit automatically turns on and tunes in to the previously tuned station (either FM or AM).

•Each time you press the button, the band alternates between FM and AM.

Presetting Stations	2 Select a preset number.	PRESET
	On the unit:
You can preset 30 FM and 15 AM stations.	Turn the PRESET +/– control.
In some cases, test frequencies have been already memorized	On the remote control:
for the tuner since the factory examined the tuner preset
	Press the number buttons.
function before shipment. This is not a malfunction. You can
	Ex.: For preset number 5, press 5.
preset the stations you want into memory by following the
	For preset number 15,
presetting method.
	press +10 then 5.
• There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the
	For preset number 20,
setting is canceled before you finish, start from step 2
again.	press +10, then 10.
	For preset number 25, press +10, +10, then 5.
	For preset number 30, press +10, +10, then 10.

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